Happy Women Travel More

There are 8 Travel Style Avatars: which one are you? On this episode, we're talking through the Soul Searcher. Tune in to see if this is YOUR avatar. And if not, check out the other episodes until you find your match! P.s. I'm giving away a travel gift card + some hand-picked travel goodies if you join me on this series. Once you've listened and picked out your avatar, email me what yours is (ange...

There are 8 Travel Style Avatars: which one are you? On this episode, we're talking through the Adventurer. Tune in to see if this is YOUR avatar. And if not, check out the other episodes until you find your match! p.s. I'm giving away a travel gift card + some hand-picked travel goodies if you join me on this series. Once you've listened and picked out your avatar, email me what yours is (angela...

There are 8 Travel Style Avatars: which one are you? On this episode, we're talking through the Escapist. Tune in to see if this is YOUR avatar. And if not, check out the other episodes until you find your match! P.s. I'm giving away a travel gift card + some hand-picked travel goodies if you join me on this series. Once you've listened and picked out your avatar, email me what yours is, and I'll...

There are 8 Travel Style Avatars: which one are you? On this episode, we're talking through the Bucket Lister. Tune in to see if this is YOUR avatar. And if not, check out the other episodes until you find your match! P.s. I'm giving away a travel gift card + some hand-picked travel goodies if you join me on this series. Once you've listened and picked out your avatar, email me what yours is, and...

So you know the 4 pieces of your travel style that I like to go on and on about on the show? Well, I've taken that foundation to the next level, with the creation of the Wild Hair Travel Style AVATARS! Just like the Enneagram lets us quickly let someone know who we are in a nutshell, these travel style avatars will help us communicate the same thing to our travel companions. This episode kicks off...

I recently took myself away for a solo retreat with a focus on rest, relaxation, and some business projects, and OMG was it amazing. I can now officially claim that I've NAILED the staycation, even though I'm a definite "busybody" on vacation. And because I want the staycation to become more the norm for us busy professional women, I'm dishing to you the FIVE most important things to be mindful of...

I'm rounding out the hiking travel story series with a story of my own, and this story is a big deal because it's basically the origin story of my love for hiking - which, spoiler alert, didn't happen all that long ago. And even though I definitely - >>think the amazing scenery is the main appeal of hiking >>love the physical challenge of hiking to prove to myself that I can do it >>have had some...

We hike for the amazing scenery. And to prove to ourselves that we can do hard things.   But a byproduct of our hiking adventures is usually a life lesson or two - whether that's the goal or not!   Melody Woolford joins me on this episode to give us a recap of one of the many hikes she took with her teenage son on a recent 3.5-month-long trip around the world, and she's sharing how this hike pushe...

Other than seeing some amazing scenery, there's another really compelling reason to hike: to show yourself how strong, capable, and badass you are. Because there is just something about taking a big hike in the wild that gets even the fittest and most experienced hikers out of their comfort zone. Debra Hampton joins me on this episode to give us a recap of one of the hardest hikes she's ever done,...

If you think that those amazing views on Instagram are only reserved for hikers…well, that's kinda true. Most of the time, the BEST views can't be seen from a car. But even if you don't consider yourself a hiker doesn't mean that you aren't ever gonna lay eyes on those landscapes. Shea Newton is joining me on this episode to share with us a travel story where she did a multi-day, international hik...

So I polled the women inside the Happy Women Travel More Facebook group about their opinion of hiking. A: Always pack your hiking boots on every trip your take? B: Nah, not really a fan of walking aimlessly through the woods? The consensus was a clear "C": the majority enjoys hiking if the scenery is "worth it". You know - worth all of the effort you put in. Worth the hours you spend putting one f...

As busy professional women, we have a LOT going on, so we must choose our vacation days carefully. But considering we plan our vacations so far in advance, HOW do we pick the perfect dates (without a crystal ball)? Answer: By using some stupid simple strategies. On this episode, I'm sharing the exact strategies I use to pick the dates for my vacations (sometimes even an entire year in advance!) so...

It's a new year! And I want more adventure for you. But the way to have more adventures is not necessarily to go hike a mountain, rappel down a waterfall, or solo backpack through Europe. It's less about the activities, and ALL about the attitude. We're chatting about how to embrace this adventure mindset on your vacations (and in life) when things go wrong - and also when things go right. And mor...

As we set our minds on the new year to come, I've got a list of TEN travel challenges for you! I promise these aren't the boring "do something you've never done before" types of challenges. These are practical yet still inspirational and have a goal of: >>Giving you permission to take trips that you typically wouldn't >>Helping you have more impactful travel experiences >>Getting that vacation pla...

It's common to think that WHEN you get more of those things you want, you'll feel satisfied, happier, and more fulfilled. But that's just not true. Even though as humans we're always wanting the next thing, true satisfaction comes when you feel happy with what you currently have more than pining for what you want. But "wanting more" is fun. Learning more, achieving more, building more, growing mor...

Looking to get reacquainted with your overall life travel goals? Ready to make vacation a priority in your life? A vision board might be just the thing you need as we set our sights on the new year. Because when we visualize our future vacations with passion, excitement, and expectation, they end up happening for us. On this episode, we're diving into: >>>What a vision board is + what it's suppose...

It's typical to come home from a vacation and tell everyone how great of a trip it was. After all, taking a vacation is usually better than NOT taking one, right? But if you're being 100% honest with yourself, how would you rate your past vacations? Which vacations were the best? Which were the worst? Why did they fall to the top (or the bottom)? On this episode, I'm coaching you through a neutral...

We can do better than a "to-do list" approach to a vacation. We can have deeper and more impactful travel experiences. We can make sure that every activity we do on vacation lights us up and lets us come home with stories that we tell for years and years. I've got 4 tips for how to change your approach to your vacations from a dull and gray checklist, to a colorful and vivid itinerary. Tip #4 migh...

What's the POINT of a vacation? To relax, to explore new places, to eat good food, to enjoy time with your people? Yes, of course. But there's also something way bigger than that, and I don't want you to continue living your life without getting in touch with what that is. Let's dive into this bigger, broader, and more impactful purpose of vacation so you make sure that your vacations are maximizi...

I believe that daily happiness lies on the other side of living a purposeful life. I also believe that when we find ourselves at the end of our lives, we will feel that coveted fulfillment because of living a purposeful life. This whole purposeful life thing is kind of a big deal, but HOW do you "live your life on purpose"? What does that mean and how does that look on the daily? This episode is f...

Overwhelm and imbalance are sadly a very familiar feeling for us busy professional women juggling all of the things. But we can all agree that it's no bueno, and one of the main things we want in life is to feel more balanced, right? But HOW do we achieve this when our to-do list is literally never-ending? HOW can we actually feel happier in our normal day-to-day when we have so many external thin...

Sometimes it's hard to start planning your next vacation when you know what lies on the other side of the starting line: a ton of to-dos. But Wild Hair Travels exists because I never want the planning of the vacation to keep you from your dreams of traveling the world. I know that once we set the wheels of a big plan in motion - and we taste a little bit of what that end result (or vacation!) coul...

Rome and Florence. The Amalfi Coast and Cinque Terre. Lake Como and Lake Maggiore. The Alps and the Dolomites. Tuscany and Sicily. Choosing where to spend your time in the amazing country of Italy is no easy feat with so many fantastic options! In this destination feature episode, I'm giving you a rundown of each region of Italy to help you figure out where to focus your Italy vacation based on yo...

There are some pieces of your vacation that you should just go ahead and splurge on. ;) But what specifically are those things? What high ticket parts of a vacation give us the best bang for our buck? I've got the answer!! And because I know that sometimes splurging isn't easy to feel good about doing, I'm also sharing a bit of my personal journey from feeling like someone who doesn't get to splur...

Making sure that you book your vacation enough in advance usually depends on when you plan to go, but there is one month that stands above all of the rest as being the BEST time to lock in that vacation (or three) for next year. The timing makes so much sense from a forward-thinking, new-year planning standpoint, and it also removes the risk that a few of the other months introduce. And I believe...